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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎401] (420/1050)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (523 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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BAT—BAT
401
Name.
Dharabln
*Adhariyat
Riqa 'i
Kharjah
(No name)
Qulban
Mahzul
Position.
On both sides of the
Batin, about 17
miles below Qasr
Ballal.
On the right bank
of the Batin from
Dharabin to Riqa 'i,
a distance of 19
miles.
Between the deepest
part of the Batin
and its right bank,
about 19 miles
below Dharabm.
Near the left bank
of the Batin oppo
site Riqa 'i.
On the right bank
of the Batin 10
miles below Riqa 'i.
18 miles below
Riqa'i,
Near the right bank
of the Batin at an
uncertain distance
to the north-west of
Jahrah.
Nature.
Two groups of mounds
opposite to each other.
A series of half a
dozen dry water
courses which enter
the Batin from the
higher ground on the
south-east.
A number of knolls ..
A conspicuous hill
forming a good land
mark.
Water-holes;
unreliable^
A hill.
supply
Remarks.
The mounds are low.
In some of these there
is water underground.
See article Riqa'i,
The knolls form groups.
Mahzul marks the
western extremity of
the Kuwait district
of Shiqqaq.
BATlN ARZANAH—
A group of pearl banks lying 16 miles to the east-south-east from Arzanah Island
{q. v.),
BATIN ( K hor.al)—
See Dhabi (Abu) (Principality.)
BATIN ARZANAH—
See 'Aridh.
b A tin-as-sadair—
See Sadair (Batin-as-).
BATIN-ASH-SHUYUKH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah {q, v.)
BATIN AH*—
Limits. —An important maritime district in the Sultanate of 'Oman ; its coast forms a
great hollow curve between Masqat Town and the promontory that divides the Gulf of
*The principal villages of Batinah are shown in Black's Sketch of the Bdtinah Coast. For authorities on the
district see article 'Oman Sultanate (foot-note).
The etymology of the names of Batinah and Dhahirah is not free from difficulty. Batin ordinarily means that
which is hidden or inward, Dhahir that which is evident or external; but unless we suppose.the district in question
to be viewed from the west instead of the east—a supposition which appears;unnatural—the names in these sensea
are clearly inappropriate. It is possible that Dhahirah is so called because it is high and prominent while
Batinah has received its name because it is low-lying and not visible from a distance. Or the names may be referred
to other senses of the Arabic roots, and we may connect Batinah with the " belly " which is in front and Dhahirah
with the " back" which is behind. *
C52(w)GSB 3*
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Volume I of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries A through to J.

The Gazetteer is an alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of several pages for places such as Iraq and Yemen.

A brief introduction states that the gazetteer was originally intended to deal with the whole of Arabia, "south of a line drawn from the head of the Gulf of 'Aqabah, through Ma'an, to Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, and to include Baghdad and Basrah Wilayats" and notes that before the gazetteer could be completed its publication was postponed and that therefore the three volumes that now form this file simply contain "as much of the MSS. [manuscript] as was ready at the time". It further notes that the contents have not been checked.

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1 volume (523 folios)
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Foliation: This volume's foliation system is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

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